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Let me get this out of the way - it's OK to use frozen or packaged or dried mashed potatoes. It is. They are really quite good. Plus, by the time you add a bunch of extra ingredients - even your grandmother couldn't tell they weren't from scratch. This is just a guide - you can add almost anything to mashed potatoes - goat cheese, sour cream, bits of roast beef, rice pudding, quickly sauted vegetables, crunchy rice noodles - by the way I was just kidding about the rice pudding.

Ingredients

  • See below

Steps

  1. CHIPOTLE MASHED:
  2. 2 cups cooked mashed potatoes
  3. 1 tablespoon adobe sauce
  4. Chipotle chiles, from a can
  5. Monterey jack cheese
  6. Mix the potatoes and sauce - you're done.
  7. Garnish with a little cheese while still hot so it starts to melt
  8. HORSERADHISH MASHED:
  9. 2 cups cooked mashed potatoes
  10. 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
  11. 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
  12. Mix all ingredients
  13. Season with salt & pepper
  14. CARMELIZED RED ONION MASHED: These are my fav's.
  15. 1 red onion (of course) sliced really thin
  16. 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  17. olive oil
  18. 2 cups cooked mashed potatoes
  19. Saute red onion in a little oil until very soft and beginning to brown
  20. Add brown sugar and mix well
  21. Serve masked potatoes with a big whack of sauted onions on top and drizzle lightly with olive oil